Rochester's lead law: Evaluation of a local environmental health policy innovation

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 309-315

  Korfmacher, Katrina Smith ^a   Ayoob, Maria ^b   Morley, Rebecca ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Center for Governmental Research   (United States)

^c National Center for Healthy Housing   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental health policy; Healthy housing; Local government; Words: childhood lead poisoning prevention

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CITY HOUSING INSPECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DUST WIPE TEST; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSING; HUMAN; LANDLORD; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENTAL HOUSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROCHESTER LEAD LAW; VISUAL INSPECTION;

CITIES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HOUSING; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; NEW YORK; PRIMARY PREVENTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84856701141     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1103606     Document Type: Article

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